A cup of tea with Tangiwai

This video is very important to Tangiwai. Why? Because she can not bare the thought of another child enduring the pain that she has been through. We met Tangiwai, by chance, as she walked by our big yellow bus and was curious about what it was. She had just been to visit her doctor to...MORE

Kid Appreciation Post

# Family Life, Kids are Awesome

• busking, kids, raising money

That time when our boys and their cousin Lucy decided completely by themselves to run a fundraiser for poor and sick New Zealand kids with Cancer. Then went to Mcdonalds with the money… Kids are awesome Kid Apreciation post.That time when our boys and their cousin Lucy decided completely by themselves to run a fundraiser...MORE

Boxing a tool for change – Latu & David

# Community Initiatives and Doers

• billy graham, boxing, naenae, porirua, young people, youth

Bromance – David and Latu come from different worlds, their common ground was found in the boxing ring. Now they are a part of a team responsible for mentoring and coaching hundreds of kids from all walks of life in Naenae and Canons Creek. What they are doing for the kids in these gyms is...MORE

Make Children’s Day Every day

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Events, Featured, Kids are Awesome

• childrens day, kiwi kids, New Zealand, nz kids, tamariki

On March 4th we celebrate Tamariki (Children’s) Day! The right to experience and explore this world; to discover, learn, play, laugh, develop, dream big; to be loved and to be safe >>>> Here are a few of the many kiwi kids we have met throughout our travels of Aotearoa for #stopthebusnz – kids being kids *Song: “Small”...MORE

Ricky Houghton – Special Message

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kōrero

• Family Violence, far north, Fathers, He Korowai Trust, Kaitaia, NZ Hero of the Year

We are incredibly stoked to hear that Ricky Houghton of He Korowai Trust, Kaitaia has won New Zealand Local Hero of the Year Award. We were privileged to have met Ricky right at the start of our journey of New Zealand in the Far North. Actually, we just happened to run into him when we...MORE

Grandparents raising Grandchildren

# Kōrero

• caregivers, family, fostering, grandchildren, grandparents, whanau

WOW, over the last few weeks our eyes have been opened to some crazy numbers! A stat commonly published, with regard to children in NZ, is that there are about 5,700 kids under state care (Oranga Tamariki) BUT… Did you know that there are about 17,000 grandchildren being raised full time by just over 9,000...MORE

Kōrero with Josh Wharehinga

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kids are Awesome, Kōrero

• community, council, councillor, gisborne, gizzy, josh, kaiti beach, wharehinga

*Warning this clip contains some sensitive topics of discussion and the odd swear word* It also contains a pretty inappropriate joke from one of our boys. 🙄 New Zealand is a small country but we continue to be surprised at the uniqueness of each area we visit. The first thing we noticed about Gisborne was how...MORE

Do You See?

# Kōrero

• children, community, family, responsibility, wellbeing, whanau

This is our family. Chris and I were raised in happy, healthy homes, we were believed in, were told we were loved every day and so grew up with the confidence that we could do whatever it was we wanted to do with our lives. We both have degrees and had our own children surrounded...MORE

A Trip to Rere Falls

# A Bus and a Big Back Yard

• east coast, gisborne, gizzy, New Zealand, rere falls, rock slide

I’m so embarrassed to be posting this. 1. I’m picking at my teeth 2. My hair is greasy 3. Chris and I have just argued over what we should be doing for that day. It’s clear that I’m shitty. I’m eager to move on & get more stories but Chris thinks we should visit Rere...MORE

Silence Can Be Deadly

# Kids are Awesome, Kōrero

• broken, children, its not ok, picture, shattered, silence

The bus we are traveling and living in used to be a school bus. After completely stripping out and cleaning it there was one final piece of paper that was folded and tucked away at the front of the bus that no one had bothered to look at. That is until one day during the...MORE

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